New Uni policy on sexual assault involves listening more empathetically before eventually dictating how survivors tell their story

In response to intense criticism from community members over Stanford’s rejection of Chanel Miller’s proposed quotes for a plaque at the site where she was assaulted by former Stanford swimmer and convicted felon Brock Turner in 2015, the University rolled out a new policy on sexual assault that promises, next time, to first listen and give compassionate nods to survivors before eventually dictating how they should tell their story.

“We apologize for our mishandling of Ms. Miller’s request and are thus implementing a new policy that requires the University to listen patiently and intently to a survivor even though we know we’ll eventually censor them,” reads a recent Notes from the Quad blog post, which came in response to a petition with more than 2,000 signatories calling for the plaque to be installed with Miller’s original quote.

At press time, the University even suggested an alternate title for Chanel Miller’s best-selling memoir, but only after administrators had intently read the book cover to cover.

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Contact Prateek Joshi at pjoshi2 ‘at’ stanford.edu.

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